[rpriske]

July 18th, 1990

We are trying to finish the sweep in Pittsburgh.

Today the Pirates are pitching Rick Reed (11-5, 2.54).

The Giants are going with Bruce Ruffin (6-6, 3.650.

I haven't seen much of Reed, but I have gone 2 for 5.

I opened the game by lining one into left for a single.
Stolen base #83.
I was left at 2nd.

I took care of a Willie McGee grounder for the 2nd out in the bottom of the 1st.

I then handled a Charlie Montoyo grounder for the last out in the 2nd.

I came up with two out in the 3rd and grounded out to Montoyo at short.

I caught a Bip Roberts pop and double Reed off 1st for the firs two outs in the bottom of the 3rd!

We opened the scoring in the 4th when Alvin Davis crossed on a Ruben Sierra double and then Ruben scored on a Robby Thompson single.

Giants lead 2-0

I took care of a Brian Harper grounder for the final out in the 4th.

I came up with two out in the 5th and took a walk.
Stolen base #84.
I was left on again.

With two out and a man on in the 7th, Matt brought in Mark Davis.
He stranded the runner.

I came up in the 8th with pinch hitter Tim Naehring on 1st and Mike Stanton pitching. I lined out to Roberts at 2nd.

Mark Williamson took the mound for us in the 9th. Tim stayed in to play short and Joel Chimelis moved to 1st, replacing Alvin.

Back-to-back doubles by Sid Bream and Roberts to lead off cut our lead in half.
A couple of batters later, Roberts scored on a Dave Winfield sac fly.

Game tied 2-2

Bobby Thigpen took over for us in the 9th, with Dale Murphy also replacing Rob Deer in left and Tom O'Malley swapping in for Joel at 1st.

I handled a Scott Bryant grounder to end the 9th.

I came up in the 10th with Tim on 2nd and Roger McDowell pitching. They gave me the intentional walk.
Dale singled to load the bases.
Tim scored on a single by Harold Baines. I was thrown out at the plate.
Dale and Harold ended up scoring on a bad error by the Pirate defense. Then Robby scored on a Ryan Klesko single.

Giants lead 6-3

Bobby allowed one base runner in the bottom of the 10th but got the three outs to give us the sweep.

I went 1 for 3 with a single, two walks, and two stolen bases.

Now we have a travel day as we head to Chicago.